Question 1
Describe the biological process by which genetic information is inherited from ancestors. In your answer, discuss the formation and union of the sperm cell and ovum, how genes and chromosomes from both parents are integrated to determine human traits, and why some genetic information is actually expressed while other information is not expressed within the developing person.
Question 2
Sandra Scarr states that three different forces contribute to overall human development. Explain what Sandra Scarr means when she writes, "Becoming human is one matter. Becoming...African American is quite another. Becoming...Martin Luther King is still another." In your response describe unique sources of variation in human development as Scarr views them, and the relationships among these. What are the three forces that Scarr describes?